“…Strategies have been developed to guide and control tissue regeneration mechanically by selectively excluding epithelial cells and their extracellular matrix products in the healing process adjacent to the prepared root surfaces (Nyman et al, 1982;Gottlow et al, 1984 (Caffesse et al, 1985;Ripamonti et al, 1987;Wikesjo et al, 1988). Several recent reviews have critically analyzed the histological and clinical results, including those from human studies, following guided tissue regeneration and root conditioning approaches (Terranova and Wikesjo, 1987;Minabe, 1991;Mellonig, 1992;Pitaru et al, 1994 (Lynch et al, 1989(Lynch et al, , 1991Rutherford et al, 1992Rutherford et al, , 1993aGiannobile et al, 1994;Selvig et al, 1994;Park et al, 1995;Cho et al, 1995).…”